Cincinnati

MLS Stadium Tour: Nippert Stadium, Home of FC Cincinnati

FC Cincinnati joined Major League Soccer (MLS) this year! Considering this team has only been in existence since 2016 (as a member of USL Championship), becoming the 24th team in MLS is pretty impressive! Technically, this is not an official stop on the stadium tour, nor does it count for checking a team off of …

No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man at the Cincinnati Art Museum

My niece and nephew (or my niblings, as is the gender neutral term for my sibling’s children) visited last week, and I was charged with the task of getting them away from their screens and entertaining them for a few days. Have you ever tried getting a teenager and tweenager away from the screens without …

Road Trips from Cincinnati: Legoland Discovery Center in Columbus

Over Father’s Day weekend, I planned a surprise road trip for Hubby, the kiddo, and me. Our first stop was in Cumberland, Ohio to visit The Wilds. After spending the night in Cambridge, we drove to our our second stop on the trip – Legoland Discovery Center in Columbus. My house is full of Duplos, …

Road Trips from Cincinnati: The Wilds

For Father’s Day, I planned a surprise weekend road trip for Hubby and the kiddo. I had been exploring weekend road trips and family-friendly activities for a while, and was excited to find The Wilds, a 10,000 acre wildlife conservation center located in Cumberland, Ohio. In partnership with the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, The Wilds …

MLB Ballpark Tour: Great American Ballpark, Home of the Cincinnati Reds

Miller Park may be my “home ballpark,” but Great American Ballpark is currently the closest Major League Baseball stadium, and probably the one I have been to the most after Miller Park. Like Miller Park, it’s also special to me for several reasons. Hubby and I went to a lot of baseball games when we …

MLB Ballpark Tour: Miller Park, Home of the Milwaukee Brewers

Miller Park, Home of the Milwaukee Brewers, is my favorite ballpark in all of Major League Baseball for a few reasons. The primary reason is that it’s my “home” ballpark so I have an obvious bias. Though I live in Cincinnati now, Miller Park is the place I saw the most games played, attended countless …

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Day trip to Lexington: Kentucky Horse Park

Last weekend, we took a day trip to Lexington, Kentucky to visit the Kentucky Horse Park. Lexington is a 60-90 minute drive from Cincinnati, depending on point of origin in the Cincinnati metro area. I had been to Louisville many times because I had cousins who lived there while I was growing up, but had …

Recap of the Major League Soccer Stadium Tour

We are halfway through the Major League Soccer Stadium TourĀ (until expansion teams join in 2020), so here’s a quick recap of the teams and the stadiums we have seen on the MLS Stadium Tour thus far, along with the other teams we saw through the years. Official MLS Stadium Tour Visits Seattle Sounders: The March …

MLS Stadiums not on the stadium tour: Columbus Crew (MAPFRE Stadium)

As part of our normal lives, Hubby and I have attended Major League Soccer (MLS) games in Columbus, Chicago, and Dallas. In fact, our first year living in Cincinnati, we had season tickets to the Columbus Crew. The weren’t part of the official stadium tour, but I still want to share my experiences. My first-ever …